Well, the not very long to begin with wait is over. Time to find out what happens with these two and their crazy love shenanigans!

Part Eight - Goodbye, Kurogane - Kuro POV

As soon as I had slammed the door to the house of Fai's idiot parents, I led Fai into the forest behind their house where he sat and he cried. We sat under a big tree, Fai next to me, letting his sorrow out all over my shirt. I patted his back, shushing him, hoping he would stop crying soon.

Neither of us had jackets on, and the winter air was freezing me. My only source of warmth was Fai and the insufficient clothing I had on. I didn't even have on shoes, and it was beginning to snow. I held Fai as close as I could, for both of our sakes, since we couldn't really go back in the house without facing the wrath of Fai's bastard dad.

Speaking of which….

"Fai… how did your dad know about my parents?" I asked.

Fai lifted his little teary head off of my chest to look up at me.

"I only told them so that they wouldn't ask you about it without knowing not to. I'm sorry he actually used it against you, but I thought it would be alright to tell him… because I thought he would love me enough to accept me, and in time, accept you as my boyfriend. But he… doesn't love me anymore…."

As Fai was talking, big, fat tears raced down his face. I couldn't take it anymore. So far in my life, there have not been very many things that have really gotten to me, that have really affected me emotionally, but this was one of them. I couldn't stand to see Fai in such a horrible state. And why did he have to be this way? All because his parents were assholes who couldn't look past their discriminations to love their own son. I couldn't understand. How in the hell could any parent not love their child for any reason? How could any hate, no matter how strong, get in the way of the relationship between a father and son?

I brought my face close to Fai's, which I held in one hand.

"Listen to me, Fai. We can't do anything about the fact that your parents won't accept you as you are, but what we can do, is leave this place and move on. You know I won't leave you. You know that. Cause I…"

I gave Fai a deep kiss, unable to finish my sentence. Not long after the kiss had started, my tongue was in his mouth, and not long after that, Fai had broken the kiss. I was confused.

"No, Kurogane," he said.

What made me twice as confused was his use of my real name.

"I… I can't…."

"Fai, you can. Don't be like your stubborn-ass parents. You can get past this! And I'll be here to help you do it, okay?"

"No," he said again, this time a whisper.

"What do you mean, no? No what?"

Fai broke away from me, wriggling out from where I was holding him, and pushed me away. I was so shocked from his actions, I could barely move. Or perhaps it was the cold.

"Fluorite, it's too cold for this. Come back here."

I reached out to him, but he stood up and backed away from me.

"Yes. It is cold. So I'm going back inside."

"Let's be realistic, Fluorite. They're not going to let you back in after that. Maybe not even to get your things. But I think I might have enough for us to share a hotel room for the next couple of nights." I stood up. "So, come on, and try to forget about those… parents of yours, okay?"

I stepped over to where he was to attempt to share some of my body heat with him before we called for a taxi cab or something to take us to a hotel. Fai put both hands on my chest and let his head rest on me. I hugged him. But when I tried to lift his head up to kiss him, he pushed me away again.

"Fluorite, what the hell are you doing?"

"Going back inside," he said, turning away and beginning to walk back toward the home of the parents who had just ten minutes ago, abandoned him.

"Fluorite, we can't-"

"No, Kurogane. We can't. But I can. They want me to be straight? Then… from this day forward, I am straight."

He had stopped walking, and was looking down at the ground. I could not believe what he was saying. I couldn't believe he might actually be serious. I caught up with him and grabbed him from behind, but no sooner had I done that, did he escape my grasp.

"Stop it, Kurogane…. I…. You… have to stay out here. I'll drop your stuff out of the window so you can go to a hotel and have your things, but I have to stay with my parents. I… can't be with you anymore."

My heart stopped, skipping a beat. But that didn't hurt as much as what he had said to me.

"Wha- what the fuck? What the fuck are you talking about?"

"I'm going back to my parents." he told me, trying to sound like he was really serious, but I could hear his voice shaking, choking back tears.

"No, Fai. You're not. Because the only way they'll ever accept you again is if you're straight. And you're not! And the only person who really needs to accept that fact is you, not them! I get that you love your parents, but you're not seriously going back to those people, are you?"

My voice was the last thing heard for the next few seconds. Even the wind didn't blow. It was far too quiet, and it was getting uncomfortable.

"Say something, dammit!"

More silence. Far more than I could handle. I wanted to scream at him, make him change his mind. I knew one thing that might be able to save me, but I couldn't bring myself to say it. Not that I wouldn't mean what I would have said, but… I just couldn't. And I can't explain what was stopping me from telling Fai.

"Goodbye, Kurogane,"

Fai handed me my things through an open window about twenty minutes after he broke up with me. He had stopped crying, but not a word was exchanged. Fai closed the window right after he was finished hanging me things and I left promptly after taking my luggage.

Within two hours I was in a hotel room, alone. It had cost me almost all of the money I had brought with me. The room had a double bed, one bathroom, a small kitchen, and a dining area. Not much, but the room seemed far too large for just me.

"Dammit!" I yelled, punching the wall. I felt stupid, shouting at nothing.

I ended up getting a complaint from the people whose opposite wall I had punched. I almost yelled again.

I couldn't eat. I couldn't sleep all evening. I felt empty and full of emotion at the same time. The emptiness was, of course, the fact that I didn't have Fai by my side, in my lap, or wrapped up in my arms. He was gone all thanks to his fucking parents. And I was full of frustration. At Fai, at his parents, and at myself.

Fai. How could Fai do this? Giving me up for the half-acceptance of parents who no longer wanted him. The only reason they could have taken him back is because he lied about being gay, and told them he left me. I couldn't believe it was over this soon. We had only been together for a few months, and I was looking forward to spending Christmas with him. And now I couldn't give him the gift I had planned on giving him.

Fai's parents. His fucking parents. I hated them both, but most of all, Fai's father. I could not understand his reasoning. If he had any real love for his son at all, it wouldn't matter if he was gay, bi, a transgender, asexual, pansexual, whatever! It wouldn't even be a factor. He would always love him, no matter what.

Love. A word I can't seem to say, even in the most desperate situations. Had I said it, maybe Fai wouldn't have been able to leave me. Maybe he would have realized he was making a mistake, and would have come rushing back to me, and away from that un-accepting father of his. How could a man who's love was conditional and based on Fai's behavior tell Fai that he love him, when I, a man who felt nothing but love, and occasional annoyance, for Fai can't say a simple "I love you" when the situation called for it the most. What was wrong with me?

No, enough! Enough moping and thinking, it's time for some action.

I stood up and put on my winter jacket.

I was not going to spend my Christmas by myself. I was going to go get my man back, no matter what it took.

Go, Kuro-determined! We are all rooting for you! Hopefully, Fai will also realize that he has made a huge mistake. You will know whether he does or not in the next part!